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Summary
Prospectus March
1, 2011 Class CLASS P & Ticker THYPX This summary prospectus is designed to provide
shareholders with key fund information in a clear and concise format. Before you invest, you may want
to review the funds prospectus, which contains more information about the fund and its risks. You
can find the funds prospectus and other information about the fund, including the funds statement
of additional information and most recent reports to shareholders, online at http://www.transamericafunds.com/prospectus.
You can also get this information at no cost by calling 866-414-6349 or by sending an e-mail request
to orders@mysummaryprospectus.com, or from your financial professional. The funds prospectus and
statement of additional information, dated March 1, 2011, as supplemented from time to time, and the
independent registered public accounting firms report and financial statements in the funds
annual report to shareholders, dated October 31, 2010, are incorporated by reference into this summary
prospectus. Investment Objective: Seeks a high
level of current income by investing in high-yield debt securities. Fees
and Expenses: This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
shares of the fund. There are no sales charges (load) or other transaction fees. Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) Class P Shares* Management fees 0.58% Distribution and service (12b-1)
fees 0.25% Other expenses 0.24% Total annual fund operating
expenses 1.07% Expense reductiona 0.17% Total annual fund operating
expenses after expense reduction 0.90% a Contractual arrangements
have been made with the funds investment adviser, Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (TAM),
through March 1, 2012, to waive fees and/or reimburse fund expenses to the extent that Class Ps
total operating expenses exceed 0.90%, excluding extraordinary expenses. TAM is entitled to reimbursement
by the fund of fees waived or expenses reduced during any of the previous 36 months if on any day the
estimated annualized fund operating expenses are less than the cap, excluding extraordinary expenses. * Closed to new investors
except for investors that purchase through certain fund supermarket platforms, certain fee-based programs,
retirement plan intermediaries and registered investment advisers that maintain a sales agreement with
the funds distributor. Investors who received Class P shares in connection with the reorganization
of a Transamerica Premier Fund into a Transamerica Fund may continue to invest in Class P shares, but
may not open new accounts. Example: This Example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example
assumes that you invest $10,000. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year
and that the fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower,
based on these assumptions your costs would be: 1 year 3
years 5 years 10 years $92 $323 $574 $1,290 Portfolio Turnover:
The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or turns
over its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and
may result in higher taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not
reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the Example, affect the fund's performance. During
the most recent fiscal year, the portfolio turnover rate was 91% of the average value of the fund's portfolio. Principal Investment Strategies: AEGON USA Investment
Management, LLC (AUIM), the fund's sub-adviser, seeks to achieve the fund's objective by
investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of the fund's net assets in high-yield/high-risk
bonds (commonly known as junk bonds). Junk bonds are high risk debt securities rated in medium or lower
rating categories or determined by AUIM to be of comparable quality. AUIMs strategy is to seek
to achieve yields as high as possible while seeking to manage risk. AUIM uses a top-down/bottom-up
approach in managing the fund's assets. The top-down approach is to adjust the risk profile
of the fund. AUIM analyzes four factors that affect the movement of the fixed-income bond prices which
include: economic indicators; technical indicators that are specific to the high-yield market; investor
sentiment and valuation. Analysis of these factors assists AUIM in its decision regarding the fund's
portfolio allocations. In a top-down approach, the sub-adviser looks at broad
market factors and chooses certain sectors or industries within the market, based on those factors. It then looks at individual companies within those sectors or industries.
AUIM has developed a proprietary credit model that is the foundation of its bottom-up analysis. The model tracks historical cash flow numbers and calculates credit financial ratios. Because high-yield companies are of higher financial risk, AUIM does a thorough credit analysis of all companies in the fund's portfolio, as well as all potential acquisitions. A "bottom-up" approach is looking at individual companies against the context of broader market factors.
AUIM may sell fund securities when it determines there are changes in economic indicators, technical indicators or valuation.
The fund may invest its assets in cash, cash equivalent securities or short-term debt securities, repurchase agreements and money market instruments. Under adverse or unstable market, economic or political conditions, the fund may take temporary defensive positions in cash and short-term debt securities without limit.
Principal Risks: Many factors affect the fund's performance. There is no assurance the fund will meet its investment objective. The value of your investment in the fund, as well as the amount of return you receive on your investment, may fluctuate significantly from day to day and over time. You may lose part or all of your investment in the fund or your investment may not perform as well as other similar investments. The following is a summary of certain risks (in alphabetical order) of investing in the fund. You may lose money if you invest in this fund.
· Cash Management and Defensive Investing Money market instruments or short-term debt securities held by the fund for cash management or defensive investing purposes can fluctuate in value. Like other fixed income securities, they are subject to risk, including market, interest rate and credit risk. If the fund holds cash uninvested, the fund will not earn income on the cash and the fund's yield will go down. If a significant amount of the fund's assets are used for cash management or defensive investing purposes, it will be more difficult for the fund to achieve its objective.
· Credit If an issuer or guarantor of a security held by the fund or a counterparty to a financial contract with the fund defaults or is downgraded, or if the value of the assets underlying a security declines, the value of your investment will decline. Junk bonds have a higher risk of default and are considered speculative. A default or downgrade will have a greater impact on subordinated securities.
· Fixed-Income Securities The
market prices of fixed-income securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably due to
general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, inflation,
changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets or adverse investor sentiment. When
market prices fall, the value of your investment will go down. A rise in rates tends to have a greater
impact on the prices of longer term or duration securities.
If interest rates rise, repayments of fixed-income securities
may occur more slowly than anticipated by the market. This may drive the prices of these securities down
because their interest rates are lower than the current interest rate and they remain outstanding longer.
This is sometimes referred to as extension risk.
Many issuers have a right to prepay their securities. If interest
rates fall, an issuer may exercise this right. If this happens, the fund will be forced to reinvest prepayment
proceeds at a time when yields on securities available in the market are lower than the yield on the
prepaid security. This is sometimes referred to as prepayment or call risk.
· Foreign Securities Foreign securities are subject to a number of additional risks, including nationalization or expropriation of assets, imposition of currency controls or restrictions, confiscatory taxation, political or financial instability and other adverse economic or political developments. Lack of information and less market regulation also may affect the value of these securities.
· High-Yield Debt Securities High-yield debt securities, or junk bonds, are securities that are rated below investment grade (that is, securities rated below Baa/BBB) or, if unrated, are considered by the sub-adviser to be of equivalent quality. Changes in interest rates, the markets perception of the issuers and the creditworthiness of the issuers may significantly affect the value of these bonds. Junk bonds have a higher risk of default, tend to be less liquid and may be more difficult to value.
· Increase in Expenses Your actual costs of investing in the fund may be higher than the expenses shown in Annual Fund Operating Expenses for a variety of reasons. For example, expense ratios may be higher than those shown if average net assets decrease. Net assets are more likely to decrease and fund expense ratios are more likely to increase when markets are volatile.
· Interest Rate Fixed-income securities have varying levels of sensitivity to changes in interest rates. In general, the price of a fixed-income security tends to fall when interest rates rise and can rise when interest rates fall. A change in interest rates will not have the same impact on all fixed-income securities. Generally, the longer the maturity or duration of a fixed-
income security, the greater the impact of a rise in interest rates on the securitys value. In addition, different interest rate measures (such as short- and long-term interest rates and U.S. and foreign interest rates), or interest rates on different types of securities or securities of different issuers, may not necessarily change in the same amount or in the same direction. When interest rates go down, the income received by the fund, and the funds yield, may decline.
· Liquidity Some securities held by the fund may be difficult to sell, or illiquid, particularly during times of market turmoil. Illiquid securities may also be difficult to value. If the fund is forced to sell an illiquid asset to meet redemption requests or other cash needs, the fund may be forced to sell at a loss.
· Market The market prices of the fund's securities may go up or down, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, due to general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, inflation, changes in interest rates or currency rates, lack of liquidity in the markets or adverse investor sentiment. Market prices of securities also may go down due to events or conditions that affect particular sectors or issuers. When market prices fall, the value of your investment will go down. The fund may experience a substantial or complete loss on any individual security. The recent financial crisis has caused a significant decline in the value and liquidity of many securities. In response to the financial crisis, the U.S. and other governments and the Federal Reserve and certain foreign central banks have taken steps to support financial markets. The withdrawal of this support could negatively affect the value and liquidity of certain securities. In addition, legislation recently enacted in the U.S. calls for changes in many aspects of financial regulation. The impact of the legislation on the markets, and the practical implications for market participants, may not be fully known for some time.
· Portfolio Selection The sub-advisers judgment about a particular security or issuer, or about the economy or a particular sector, region or market segment, or about an investment strategy, may prove to be incorrect.
· Valuation The sales price the fund could receive for any particular portfolio investment may differ from the fund's valuation of the investment, particularly for securities that trade in thin or volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology.
Performance: The bar chart and the table below provide some indication of the risk of investing in the fund by showing you how the funds performance has varied from year to year, and how the funds average annual total returns for different periods compare to the returns of a broad measure of market performance. Absent any limitation of the fund's expenses, total returns would be lower. As with all mutual funds, past performance (before and after taxes) is not a prediction of future results. Updated performance information is available on our website at www.transamericafunds.com or by calling 1-888-233-4339.
Annual Total Returns (calendar years ended December 31) Class P
Quarter Ended | Return | |
Best Quarter: | 09/30/2010 | 5.94% |
Worst Quarter: | 06/30/2010 | -0.72% |
Average Annual Total Returns (periods ended December 31, 2010)1
1 Year | 10 Years or Inception | |
Class P (commenced operations on November 20, 2009) | ||
Return before taxes | 12.99% | 15.00% |
Return after taxes on distributions2 | 10.08% | 11.90% |
Return after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares2 | 8.34% | 10.90% |
Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes) | 14.94% | 16.72% |
Bank of America Merrill Lynch High-Yield Cash Pay Index (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)3 | 15.24% | 16.80% |
1 Actual returns may depend on the investors individual tax situation. After-tax returns may not be relevant if the investment is made through a tax-exempt or tax-deferred account, such as a 401(k) plan.
2 The after-tax returns are calculated using the historic highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
3 This index served as the benchmark for the fund prior to January 15, 2011, at which time it was replaced with the Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High Yield 2% Issuer Capped Index. This benchmark change was made to more accurately reflect the principal strategies of the fund.
Management:
Investment Adviser: Sub-Adviser:
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. AEGON USA Investment Management, LLC
Portfolio Managers:
Kevin Bakker, CFA, Portfolio Manager since 2007
Bradley J. Beman, CFA, CPA, Portfolio Manager since 1997
Benjamin D. Miller, CFA, Portfolio Manager since 2006
Purchase and Sale of Fund Shares: Class P shares are closed to new investors except for investors that purchase through certain fund supermarket platforms, certain fee-based programs, retirement plan intermediaries and registered investment advisers that maintain a sales agreement with the funds distributor. Investors who received Class P shares in connection with the reorganization of a Transamerica Premier Fund into a Transamerica Fund may continue to invest in Class P shares, but may not open new accounts. You buy and redeem shares at the funds next determined net asset value (NAV) after receipt of your request in good order.
Tax Information: Fund distributions may be taxable as ordinary income or capital gains, except when your investment is in an IRA, 401(k) or other tax-advantaged investment plan.
Payments to Broker-Dealers and Other Financial Intermediaries: If you purchase the fund through a broker-dealer or other financial intermediary, the fund and/or its affiliates may pay the intermediary for the sale of fund shares and related services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing the broker-dealer or other intermediary and your salesperson to recommend the fund over another investment. Ask your salesperson or visit your financial intermediarys website for more information.
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